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}} ''Ágætis byrjun'' ((:ˈaːucaitɪs ˈpɪrjʏn) , ''A good beginning''〔) is the second album by the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós, which was released in 1999. ''Ágætis byrjun'' was recorded between the summer of 1998 to the spring of 1999 with producer Ken Thomas, and became Sigur Rós's breakthrough album, both critically and commercially. ''Ágætis byrjun'' represented a substantial departure from the band's previous album ''Von'', with that album's Cocteau Twins-esque dream pop and extended ambient soundscapes replaced by Jónsi Birgisson's now signature cello-bowed guitarwork and lush orchestration (using a double string octet amongst other orchestral elements). The album's title came from a friend hearing the first song they had written for the album, which would become the title track. After hearing the song, he said it was "a good beginning"; the name stuck. The name has also been translated as "An alright start." Sigur Rós won an Iceland Music Award〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=eighteen seconds before sunrise - sigur rós news » 2003 » January » 24 )〕 and the 2001 Shortlist Music Prize for this album. Smekkleysa/ Bad Taste claims that the album has sold 10,000 copies to date in Iceland which earned the band platinum status. ==Composition== The ten songs on the album include some self-reference: the introduction contains backmasked parts from the title track, and the last song, "Avalon", consists of a different take of an instrumental passage from "Starálfur" slowed to around a quarter of its original speed. The strings in "Starálfur" are palindromic; they are the same forwards and backwards. All vocals are sung in Icelandic, except for those on "Olsen Olsen" and the last section of the title track, which are sung in the gibberish language Vonlenska. Sigur Rós' subsequent album, ''( )'', used Vonlenska exclusively for its vocals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ágætis byrjun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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